The " Whangaroa."
Thia morning there arrived in the river the three-masted topsail sohooner " Whang*roa," Captain Olsen, from Greymouth. Thd oaptain reports having left Greymouth mi Wednesday last with a full load of 220 .|tn of coal and 2000 bricks, and arrived off the bar at 4 o'olook this morning, and was then taken in tow by the " Queen of the South, and brought up to the wharf. The vessel experienced a very heavy g»I« off Weatport, but nothing of any consequence happened. The vessel has a very neat and trim appearance, and has only been built four years, the builders being Messrs Lene and Brown, well-known shipbuilders of Whangaroa, north of Auckland. She has been engaged is. the intercolonial trade (or two years, and
latterly trading on the Queensland Coast. The captain avers that the boat, which has a draught of only 6 feet, has proved herself perfectly sea-worthy and fast. He expects to load np with a cargo of white pine timber from Messrs Gamman A Co. 'a sawmill, and can find room for no less a quantity than 140,000 feet. The captain is accompanied by hia wife and child on his voyages.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 May 1897, Page 3
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194The " Whangaroa." Manawatu Herald, 4 May 1897, Page 3
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